OMG. Ten inches of light fluffy powder and the entire local world pre-emptively shuts down.

This is VERMONT!!!. This is normal. You're supposed to be able to deal with an everyday snowstorm. If it was ten inches of mashed potatoes, I'd sympathize. It's 10 inches of fluffy powder. Why aren't you all on the mountain enjoying same (bad knees forced me off the slopes back in the mid-'80s)?

Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the carton how she's doing.

There are too many TV stations and not enough content. They have to hype every little event out of proportion.

We're also old enough to remember when New Englanders were hardier folks who didn't panic when it got cold and blustery outside. People who put "Live free or die!" on their license plates should not be such wimps.

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I was there for the blizzard of '78. As an elementary-school student, I enjoyed the sledding opportunity and the school cancellations.

I was 14 at the time and spent the day with Dad in the old Willys CJ-5 running errands for the city gov't who didn't have much in the way of 4WD vehicles available to them. Our mayor "politely requested" anyone with a 4WD to show up at City Hall.

Never ask a woman who is eating ice cream straight from the carton how she's doing.

A little PUI fun with fractals tonight this morning... (and the 'P' might stand for 'posting' or 'programming', take your pick). Supersampled anti-aliasing FTW; these were generated at approx. 50 megapixels then downsampled. It really brings out the detail, even when displayed at lower resolutions like this!

Edit 2/16: Here's another cool one:

The years just pass like trains. I wave, but they don't slow down.-- Steven Wilson

Man Poor Samuel seems to have my allergies. Poor kid's been sneezing and occasionally retching with mucus this week. I feel exhausted but he feels worse.Of course I'm using the late nights as a chance to read him LOTR on the kindle He might as well get a good start with literature and music (lots of metal, some Celtic, some red dirt).

Ugly people have sex all the time. We wouldn't have 6 and a half billion humans if you had to be beautiful to get laid.

random question: I've been a pc builder, hobbyist, tinkerer since I was 8 years old. I decided at a young age that I didn't want to do "IT", so I never went after any "formal" training in the field (have a BS in Biology). I have found that extremely well versed in a multitude of software/hardware scenarios, can "learn" a new software thrown at me very quickly, and just "get" computer related activities naturally.....BUT I am terrible with the "book" definition/vocabulary of these things, as well as not having X, Y or Z certification/piece of paper.

Anyways, how do you guys word/describe on a resume / during an interview that kind of experience, especially without it sounding like I'm just some yahoo that is trying to thicken his qualifications section?

random question: I've been a pc builder, hobbyist, tinkerer since I was 8 years old. I decided at a young age that I didn't want to do "IT", so I never went after any "formal" training in the field (have a BS in Biology). I have found that extremely well versed in a multitude of software/hardware scenarios, can "learn" a new software thrown at me very quickly, and just "get" computer related activities naturally.....BUT I am terrible with the "book" definition/vocabulary of these things, as well as not having X, Y or Z certification/piece of paper.

Anyways, how do you guys word/describe on a resume / during an interview that kind of experience, especially without it sounding like I'm just some yahoo that is trying to thicken his qualifications section?

Resume would be difficult without something to point to. A published article might suffice, as would listing a specific program OS under a skillset (if you can), but without something solid, I would not add anything.

At the interview, however, you might be able to sneak in the fact that computer stuff has been a hobby for some time. If you can point to your hobby helping you on a "real job," that would certainly get their attention (at least it would mine).

Depending on the type of employer to which you are applying, you might be able to tailor a version of your resume with a brief "Hobbies & Interests" section that includes your self-taught PC troubleshooting and building experience. Obviously you won't get an IT-centric job that way, but at some shops -- particularly the smaller ones where employees have to wear multiple hats -- it might alert your interviewer to the possibility that you can wear at least two.